market

Naija

Alternative forms

maket

Etymology

From: English market

Pronunciation

• mákɛ̀t

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 60
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 213
• Frequency in raw corpus: 838
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 416

Definition

business wey person dey do and place wey de dey buy something

Noun

1. Person hustle.

   • Market no good.  — (Egbokhare_2020, Business is not good.)
   • I dey pass hear dat ashi when she talk sey market no too make sense for dis Coro time.  —  (NSC_Odirin_2020, I overheard that prostitute say that business hasn't been too good in this corona-virus period.)

2. Place wey people dey gader dey buy dey sell.

   • De go go one market.  — (NSC_Odirin_2020, They would go to this market.)
   • Which market burn dat time? No be Igbudu market?  — (NSC_Odirin_2020, Which market got burnt the other time? Wasn't it Igbudu market?)

Synonyms

supermarket, hustle, deal, buybuy

Antonyms

kiosk , shop

Translations

• English: business, deal, market.

Verb

To sell someting and tell people make dem come buy someting

• I don market my laptop.  — (NSC_Odirin 2020, I have sold my laptop.)
• I dey market green tea if you need.  — (NSC_Odirin 2020, I sell green tea if you need some.)

Synonyms

deal

Translations

• English: business